5 They encourage each other in evil plans,

they talk about hiding their snares;

they say, “Who will see it?”

6 They plot injustice and say,

“We have devised a perfect plan!”

Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;

they talk of laying snares secretly,

thinking, “Who can see them?”

6 They search out injustice,

saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”

For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter:

They commune of laying snares privily;

They say, Who shall see them?

6 They search out iniquities;

They accomplish a diligent search:

Both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

5 They encourage each other to do evil

and plan how to set their traps in secret.

“Who will ever notice?” they ask.

6 As they plot their crimes, they say,

“We have devised the perfect plan!”

Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning.

5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter;

They talk of laying snares secretly;

They say, “Who will see them?”

6 They devise iniquities:

“We have perfected a shrewd scheme.”

Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.

5 They encourage each other to do wrong.

They talk about setting traps,

thinking no one will see them.

6 They plan wicked things and say,

“We have a perfect plan.”

The mind of human beings is hard to understand.

5 They encourage themselves in an evil purpose;

They commune of laying snares privily;

They say, Who will see them?

6 They search out iniquities;

We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search:

And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.

5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them? 6 They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one’s inward thought and heart is deep.

5 They encourage one another in their evil plans. 

They talk about setting traps and say, 

“Who can see them?” 

6 They search for the perfect crime and say, 

“We have perfected a foolproof scheme!” 

Human nature and the human heart are a mystery! 

5 They encourage each other in an evil plan;

they talk about hiding traps and say,

“Who will see them?”

6 They devise crimes and say,

“We have perfected a secret plan.”

The inner man and the heart are mysterious.

5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;

they talk of laying snares secretly,

thinking, “Who can see us?

6 Who can search out our crimes?

We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot.”

For the human heart and mind are deep.

5 They encourage themselves in the evil matter.

They talk of secretly laying snares.

They say, “Who will see them?”

6 They carefully plot injustices saying,

“We have perfected the perfect plot!”

Both the inner thought and heart of a man are deep.

5 They help each other make evil plans.

They talk about hiding their traps.

They say, “Who can see what we are doing?”

6 They make plans to do what is evil.

They say, “We have thought up a perfect plan!”

The hearts and minds of people are so clever!

5 They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose;

They talk of laying snares secretly;

They say, “Who can see them?”

6 They devise injustices, saying,

“We are ready with a well-conceived plot”;

For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep.